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aloage

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noun plant species with bright green leaves, cooked with turtle

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anailaa laa

it was today that

anei ai huu

these only then

baasi lua

having two useful sides

baba donu

adjective properly settled

bagibagi

noun

baibu

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noun cigarette

bedibedi

adjective getting fat

bodu ode hine

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noun husband

boo dabeo

verb a night which is rainy and stormy

boose

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noun boat

daagami

noun bodyguard, soldier

dagaanga

noun way of tying the leader to a fish hook

dangada agoago taumaha

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noun priest

dangada gai dangada

cannibal

dangada vai gelegele

a person of filthy appearance or habits

dangadangalebu

verb becoming rougher (of seas)

dangi buada

adjective the noise made by a fast-moving projectile

dao

verb bake

dauaabulu

verb nearly sunk

daubulebule

adjective spotted (covered with spots)

daunadi

unclassified would it be better if (implyingdisagreement)...

diibuli

noun a doll representing a spirit (from the story of duudebaabaa)

dilo gaiaa

verb sneak a look

dogo duu

verb to punt while standing up on the stern gunwales of a canoe

dogu

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pronoun my (for singular, inalienable noun)

dongi de gelegele

to peck at the sand (as do some kinds of fish when they are searching for food)

doo lalo

verb unsuccessful

doo mua

adjective very

dua duiagi

noun fishingline of the largest size (on which a whole belubelu is used as bait)

dugi gee

chase away (in a certain direction)

duosi

adjective servant

gaa

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verb burn (intransitive)

gadinibidi

noun a type of fishhook (made from pearl shell)

gai hilihili

adjective eat only certain foods prepared incertain ways by certain people; fussy (about food)

galo ahi

sparks

galo de laa

the reddish sky at sunset

gau

noun handle,appendage

gau dagodo

noun the boom of a sail

gau de henua

natives

gaveaa

verb taken;

hagaamu

verb pay respect to,honor (someone)

hagabido

verb carrying (two persons), with each person carrying an end

hagadamana

verb treat someone as a father or other senior male relative

hagalua (ina)

verb make a total of two

hagamade

verb do as hard or fast as possible

hagapago donu

fortunate result

hagatau

verb arrange (in order), a program; name one after another; refuse to do one’s part because of someone else’s actions

hagatulu mai

verb ooze out

hai me mule me

habitually slow or late

hai naa hanu me

something will happen...

hakoloa

verb provide goloa for; support(someone, with material things)

hale denga manu

noun hive (house for animals)

hale gaainga

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noun hotel

hale neveneve

noun spiderweb

hano gi bouli gee

to transfigure oneself

hebahebaa

adjective crowded together

helau

noun sorcery

helui

adjective diminution of

henuu

verb a method of plaiting

hetugi

adjective meet by chance,encounter

iga-adagahi

noun fishsp.: hawkfish (2 sorts)

kai, dalanga

story

kobe

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cough

kosi

noun mollusksp.: cardium sp.

laavea

verb stumble on

laba

verb flash (as of lightning)

labaai

verb the confluence, on the reef, of a big wave and the backwash

laho

aerial foot of the pandanus tree

lau

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noun softened pandanus leaf

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lau-gadaha

noun plantsp.: bird’s-nestfern(asplenium nidus l.)

lebelebe

noun fishsp.: jack

longolongo i adamagi

to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information is false)

mada legalega

verb a small hole;having small openings

madahaa

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number forty

madaviiga

verb the needle-like spines on daudu fish

malillili

adjective easily made malili; to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line

manavanava ~ manamanava

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adjective breathing

manua

verb diseased

masausaua

verb be masausau

masui

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left

me hagalolo

noun a type of prepared food (made from taro and coconut cream)

mogomogo

verb muscles (of the body)

monilele

noun airplane

musu

verb whisper(ing)

ngaangauda

verb habitually ngauda

ngudu ai

act as an interpreter

oha

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verb break (transitive)

oo

adjective fit to (or into)

oo iho (age)

adjective able to enter, going up (down)

panava

noun scrotum (one side only)

puni

adjective closedup , be together (three or more things)

sibasiba

verb walk off-balance

siga

verb to make a fire with a fire plow; to make a net with a net needle spool ; to escape (of fish) from a net (through its holes); sew up a hole (in clothing)

sinasinaa

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adjective white headed; old (of living things); big (of animals)

solo

verb to grate or file (something); to launch or beach a canoe by dragging it along the shore; a type of prepared food (made from grated taro)

ssuanga

stained in one place

uso

umbilical cord

usuahi

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noun smoke

vaaligiligi

adjective small (for a vast plural noun; used with dengaa)